Last Updated: 3/5/2025
On February 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction pausing enforcement of several provisions of President Trump’s DEI-related executive orders on Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (“EO 14151”) and Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (“EO 14173”).
Notably, the
On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, Acting Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) Chair Andrea R. Lucas announced the EEOC plans to target employers that “illegally prefer non-American workers,” as well as “staffing agencies and other agents that unlawfully comply with client companies’ illegal preferences against American workers” through increased enforcement of Title VII’s national origin protections.
On Monday, January 27, 2025, President Trump removed Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC” or the “Commission”) commissioners Charlotte A. Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels, the two confirmed in separate statements. The move, which may face legal challenges, marks the first time that a president has removed an EEOC commissioner without cause prior to the expiration
The U.S. Department of Labor issued its long-awaited new rule on independent contractor classification on January 9, 2024. It will be published in the Federal Register on January 10, and take effect on March 11, 2024.
With only a few substantive clarifications (discussed below), the Final Rule is identical in all material respects to the